Is it true?

[turtle]

Someone just told me it's snowing down there on the mountains.

We hit 39 degrees on our wide shady verandah yesterday and not much better today. (Beenleigh - half way between brisbane and gold coast.)

[eggs]

Not sure about Tas.
Just spent 2 weeks down there and the closest was ice on the tent and hail!

But this is international news re the high country in NSW & Vic:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/18/summer-snow-in-australia/

EDIT - I believe the snow was not settling as the ground temperatures are still too warm to support a build up.

Last edited by eggs on Tue 19 Jan, 2010 1:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[stepbystep]

Today has been the coldest in a while, wouldn't be surprised if some of the higher peaks had some snow, you did make me turn around from the computer though - Wellington is snow-free
sbs

[Joel]

No snow on Cradle.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Like Eggs said, ground is too warm for any snow to settle, but I believe it was snowing on the higher peaks earlier in the week.


Theres never any snow on Wellington Dan!! Not even in winter

[tas-man]

Bookmark this page and you will know what snow/rain conditions are coming up in Tassie.
http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/dynamic/tasmania

[stepbystep]

Bookmark this page and you will know what snow/rain conditions are coming up in Tassie.
http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/dynamic/tasmania

Cool

[ILUVSWTAS]

I dont know why people find this so hard to believe! It snows in Tassie EVERY summer somewhere.....

[Neil Grose]

It snows at Great Lake at least once a month, every month.
There was a few snow falls on Sunday just past on the edge of the thunder cells, we had none at Miena, but there was some around Wihareja.
Neil

[turtle]

It might snow every summer but when your a couple of hours away by plane and sitting in a puddle of sweat it seems surreal.

[Michael_Kingston]

It was snowing reasonably heavily on Chinaman Plains on the 18th for about 30 minutes. As others have said though, nothing unusual.

[NickD]

There was no snow on the Overland Track and I didn't see any settle on the higher peaks either, although views to the high peaks were rare at times.